vegetable

/ˈvej-tə-bəl/

Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin vegetābilia, plural noun derivative of vegetābilis

noun

  1. a usually herbaceous plant (such as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal; also : such an edible part

  2. plant

  3. a person having a dull or merely physical existence

adjective

  1. of, relating to, constituting, or growing like plants

  2. consisting of plants : vegetational

  3. made from, obtained from, or containing plants or plant products

noun

  1. the hard white opaque endosperm of the ivory nut that takes a high polish and is used as a substitute for ivory

  2. ivory nut